ONE LAST SPIN…ONE LAST SPIN…ONE LAST SPIN

VIDEO GRAFFITI my hip-hop video jockey passion for the last seven years comes to an end. Most of you have never seen my hip-hop videos mixes, and some never will (since I took most of them offline).  I had a blast making them. All of them were produced live in time, except for the ones that were edited. I made over 500 mixes, and put about 50 online on our youtube channel. The thing I loved most is having a place to showcase my work that began back in the early 90’s. As a kid I would stay up late at night and watch Night Flight on USA Network (mid 80’s). They showcased all types of weird videos from around the world. I was hooked. When I began djing, I always had trouble visualizing the beat, or even hearing the break, but when I was able to put the visual music up on two platters I instantly got it.  I loved the application virtual dj, this opened up worlds to me. Before I got down with virtual DJ, I was mixing videos live with two vcrs, and a remote control. I would record the video one-day, then wait for the next day, and remix and record over the break in the songs.  Ah, those were the days.

            I am not giving up my vj passion, just switching lanes. Now I will capture my own videos, and mix them with stock footage and beats I produce, or over my favorite beats by other producers. I have to admit; I am still very salty about youtube banning me way back in 06-07 era. Back then they were catching a lot of slack from time warner over copyright infringement, so I got the boot for remixing videos. I am the reason till this day, that you cannot register the name ‘ksmoothe’ on youtube. But the real reason I am salty is because less than a year later they introduced a platform to encourage people to mix videos from different channels on youtube (mashups, anybody?) Oh, well. I am going the European route and getting my set ready for trance clubs, and the like. Hey, I like to travel and make money, udig. But the artist in me will always make weird videos, and statements just like I admired while watching Night Flight all those years ago.  So check into the Video Graffiti channel on youtube, to catch the new magic. Thanks.